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Business
US Navy awards $9 billion in contracts for 10 Arleigh Burke class ships
The US Navy awarded two contracts totaling more than $9 billion for the construction of 10 Arleigh Burke class (DDG 51) ships with options for more
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Asia Pacific
US F-35 stealth fighters fly first-ever combat mission in Afghanistan
US Marine Corps F-35B stealth fighters have become the first American aircraft of the type to be used in combat operations, striking Taliban targets in Kandahar province, Afghanistan
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Middle East
Lebanon detains Palestinian man over ISIS-directed poisoning plots
Lebanon's security forces said they detained a Palestinian refugee allegedly linked to Islamic State over two poisoning plots
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Asia Pacific
Six killed in four shootings in disputed Kashmir ahead of local elections
Six people were killed in Kashmir's Budgam and Anantnag districts as Indian authorities imposed a curfew and cut mobile internet services
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Asia Pacific
Afghanistan: Rockets hit Ghazni during president’s visit
Three rockets hit the Afghanistan city of Ghazni during a visit by President Ashraf Ghani in an apparent display of strength by militants
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Africa
Libya government reaches new ceasefire deal with Tripoli militias
Libya's internationally recognized government announced a ceasefire deal to end a month of fighting near Tripoli between rival militias that has left more than 100 dead
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Asia Pacific
Airstrike in Afghanistan’s Wardak killed 12 women and children, UN initial probe finds
An airstrike appears to have killed 12 members of an Afghan family, the UN said, as US and Afghan forces ramp up aerial bombardments against militants
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Africa
At least 12 Mali Tuaregs killed in attack near Niger border
At least 12 Tuareg civilians were killed by armed assailants in the Menaka region of northeastern Mali near the Niger border
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Europe
Portugal military and paramilitary police officers arrested over 2017 arms theft
Senior figures in Portugal's military and paramilitary police forces were arrested over a theft from a military arms depot last year
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Africa
Tunisia: Two killed in land mine blast in jihadist hideout near Algeria border
Two people were killed in a land mine blast in Mount Chaambi in central Tunisia near the border with Algeria, an area used as a hideout by jihadist militants
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